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As the underlying block is 4KB if the PMC throughput is low the measurement will be reported on the next tick. pmcstat(8) use the modified flush API to reclaim current buffer before displaying next top. MFC after: 1 month
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 24, 2007
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.Dt PMC_CONFIGURE_LOGFILE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pmc_configure_logfile ,
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.Nm pmc_flush_logfile ,
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.Nm pmc_writelog ,
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.Nm pmc_close_logfile
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.Nd log file management
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libpmc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In pmc.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pmc_configure_logfile "int fd"
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.Ft int
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.Fn pmc_flush_logfile void
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.Ft int
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.Fn pmc_writelog "uint32_t userdata"
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.Ft int
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.Fn pmc_close_logfile void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The functions manage logging of
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.Xr hwpmc 4
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events.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn pmc_configure_logfile
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is used to turn on and turn off logging.
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If argument
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.Fa fd
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is a valid file handle returned by a prior call to
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.Xr open 2
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or
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.Xr socket 2
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then performance events will be logged to the file corresponding
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to the specified handle.
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If the value of argument
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.Fa fd
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is -1 then logging will be stopped after any pending data is flushed.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn pmc_flush_logfile
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will force all log data queued inside the
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.Xr hwpmc 4
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driver to be written out.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn pmc_writelog
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will append a log entry containing the value of argument
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.Fa userdata
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to the log file.
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.Pp
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Function
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.Fn pmc_close_logfile
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will flush all pending log data and close
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.Xr hwpmc 4 Ns Ap s
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side of the stream.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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A call to
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.Fn pmc_configure_logfile
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may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EAGAIN
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The
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.Xr hwpmc 4
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driver was not able to create a helper process due to system limits
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being reached.
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.It Bq Er EBUSY
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Function
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.Fn pmc_configure_logfile
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was called with a log file already configured.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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Function
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.Fn pmc_configure_logfile
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was called with an argument of -1 without a log file being previously
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configured.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The system encountered a memory shortage when servicing this request.
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.El
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.Pp
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A call to
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.Fn pmc_flush_logfile
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may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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Function
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.Fn pmc_flush_logfile
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was called without a log file being previously configured.
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.El
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.Pp
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A call to
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.Fn pmc_writelog
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may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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Function
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.Fn pmc_writelog
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was called without a log file being previously configured.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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The system encountered a memory shortage when servicing this
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request.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pmc 3 ,
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.Xr hwpmc 4
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